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i think people who are geniunely great at making (pop) music generally also have the attribute of having 'a look' about them, and are generally good looking. case points (off the top of my head not neccaserily my faves) - mccartney, lennon, jagger, syd barrett, bolan, nick drake, hendrix, bowie, morissey, kate bush, cobain, albarn, thom yorke, doherty. also i feel that great bands that have less of a look are generally less mainstream or less performance based eg electronica -- just an idea what do people reckon?

i think its cos being in a band/ artist generally you have to have a bit of ego about you to have the guts to wanna do that.
its probably likely that prettier people are more confident i guess, in general

maybe doesn't account for them necesserily being able to write good songs though - ? a lot of stars i listed seem really awkward rather than confident also - socially - often even before they were famous.